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Where did the English Cush family come from? What is the English Cush family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cush family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cush family history?

The history of the name Cush dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from a member of the family who worked as a maker of leather armor for the knight's legs. In some cases the name was used as a trade name for a shoemaker. Further research showed the name was derived from the Old French word cuisse, a type of leather armor.

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Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Cush has undergone many spelling variations, including Kiss, Kish, Kyshe, Kysh, Kysse, Cuss, Cusse, Cush and others.

First found in Leicestershire, where they held a family seat from early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cush research. Another 252 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1327, 1455, 1545, 1576, and 1765 are included under the topic Early Cush History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 30 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cush Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Cush were among those contributors: Richard Cuss who arrived in Barbados in 1684; and Anthony Kiss who sailed to Philadelphia in 1858.

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The Cush Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cush Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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